In the Junta of Andalusia of Juanma Moreno They don’t want to make the slightest mistake in the face of new DANA which, from this Wednesday, will be cruel towards the community. Therefore, the advisor to the presidency of the Council, Antonio Sanzmoved to Malaga with the aim of monitoring the situation from what should be the area most affected by this new DANA. The Andalusian Government has assured that it will evaluate “minute by minute” THE situation.
This is what he announced the spokesperson of the board of directors, Carolina Españaduring the press conference at the end of the weekly meeting of the Governing Council, which was held this Tuesday afternoon due to questions on the agenda of the president, Juanma Morenoand where he mentioned this “new DANA” after which the province of Valence at the end of last October, and which also touched points of Andalusia.
The also Minister of the Economy, Finance and European Funds stressed that “what is important at the moment” for the Andalusian Government is “meet the needs of citizens” facing this “new” DANA» which began to affect areas “of the provinces of Almeria, Malaga and Granadawhere the pre-emergency has been activated.
Caroline Spain added that this “means that we will monitor the situation in these areas minute by minute, to evaluate with the technicians of the Emergency plan “the risk of flooding, and we will see what measures to adopt.”
“On the part of this government, we will do everything possible and everything necessary to protect the population,” underlined the spokesperson, who explained that the advisor to the presidency and interior“through all channels he will also report on the measures being adopted” and “he is currently on his way to Malaga for a meeting which is already being held by videoconference” with representatives of the Council and certain mayors.
In anticipation of “the following night and early morning”, the councilor asked “caution to all citizens”, and stressed that the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) “already warns of heavy rains, especially in the province of Malagain the field of Costa del Solhe Guadalhorce, Antequeraalso the Axarquiaon the coast of Granada, in the area of Alpujarraparticularly in the part of Grenade closer to the area Malaga“, which “requires all institutions to be on alert”, he underlined.
THE spokesperson He added that the Council understands that “this is how we must approach these issues and work closely on the ground, solving citizens’ problems, collaborating absolutely with all institutions”, and starting from the principle that ” “What we must What we must do is listen to the mayors, who are also those who know the risks in each of their municipalities, and on this basis, take the most appropriate decisions, always seeking the greatest protection of the population.
Suspension of classes in Malaga
In response to journalists’ questions, the advisor confirmed that “there is a probability that classes will be suspended” this Wednesday in the municipalities of the province of Malaga affected by the DANAbut he stressed that at the time of the press conference, no decision had yet been taken and that it was being studied at the meeting during which the advisor to the presidency and the delegate of the Andalusian Government in Malaga, Patricia Navarroamong other authorities.
Caroline Spain indicated that, “in principle, everything related to the question of the suspension of classes will be analyzed with the mayors”, and “in coordination” with them, and also taking into account “Civil defense and all emergency services”, depending on “the risks of each zone and neighborhood”.
The city spokesperson defended that “these are moments of unity and support”, and, in accordance with DANA previous, he took the opportunity to thank “once again the work of all the Andalusian volunteers who have mobilized from the different provinces of Valencia, as well as that of the 500 civil servants of the Council who continue to work there, in the ‘ground zero’ of the Generalitat Valenciana.
In this sense, he reiterated that from Andalusia “we will continue to help Valencian citizens as long as they need it”, while working, in parallel, on the work of “recovery” of damaged infrastructure after the DANA above, like the A-334 motorway at Serón (Almeria)which remains cut by “an eight-meter chasm” that it suffered, or the Andalusian regional road A-7286 to Campillos (Málaga), also temporarily cut off and being repaired, he explained.
Drought
Finally, the advisor highlighted that the Andalusian reservoirs increased their level of water storage after the rains of the DANA above until reaching the 33.64% of its capacitybut warned that “the drought is not over” and that it is still “present” in Andalusia.
It is for this reason that he emphasized that Advice cannot “relax, lower their weapons or lower their guard”, knowing that in “many areas” of the region “the situation remains worrying, as in the province of Almeria» or that of Malagaas the advisor cited as an example, before emphasizing that the Andalusian Government is not going to deviate from its “road map, which consists of continuing to create the hydraulic infrastructures necessary to alleviate the problem of drought”, -she concluded. Caroline Spain.
